Our Solar System is in motion and cruises at about 200 kilometres per second relative to the center of the Milky Way.

The stars as seen from Earth would have looked dimmer 14 million years ago, as the solar system was in the middle of passing ...

Astronomers have uncovered a surprising spiral structure at the edge of our solar system that closely resembles the distinctive shape of our Milky Way. The discovery was made using NASA's Pleiades ...

Millions of years ago, our Solar System traveled through a densely populated galactic region and was exposed to increased interstellar dust.

The Oort cloud is a shell of icy objects that forms the very outskirts of our Solar System. Recently, a group of researchers ...

The solar system's journey around the Milky Way's center takes it through varying galactic environments. "Imagine it like a ship sailing through varying conditions at sea," explains Efrem Maconi ...

the Milky Way. Now, using a powerful NASA supercomputer called "Pleiades," scientists have discovered yet another spiral structure on the edge of our solar system. The spiral is composed of ...

The location of the Sun is highlighted by the yellow dot ... through which our planetary system made its interstellar journey. Artistic representation of the Milky Way. The position of the Solar ...